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Russia's VimpelCom to buy Golden Telecom: report
- 2007-12-20
WASHINGTON AFP — Russian telecommunications group VimpelCom will announce Friday it has agreed to buy US-listed competitor Golden Telecom Inc. for 4.3 billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported online. The deal came after Golden Telecom, Norway's Telenor ASA and Russia's Alfa Group, have agreed to support the deal,...
Norwegian telecom giant Telenor raises quarterly profit
- 2007-07-24
OSLO AFP — The Norwegian telecommunications giant Telenor reported on Tuesday improved second-quarter results but they fell short of market expectations. The quarterly figures did not include a contribution from Ukrainian company Kievstar, which the Norwegian firm was recently forced to deconsolidate from its overall group accounts owing to...
Telenor sells stake in Inmarsat
- 2006-03-14
OSLO AFP — Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor ASA said it would book a gain of 906.1 million kroner (115.4 million euros, 137 million dollars) after selling its 4.6-percent stake in Inmarsat PLC of Britain, the world's leading provider of satellite mobile phone services. The shares were sold at 3.78...
New protests as Pakistan blames 'hidden hands' for riots
- 2006-02-15
KARACHI AFP — Thousands of Pakistanis have staged new protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, as officials blamed extremists for earlier riots targeting foreign firms in which five people died. At least 35,000 demonstrators on Thursday joined a rally called by Islamist parties in Karachi, officials said, but...
Telenor sells chunk of Inmarsat for 109 million euros
- 2006-01-12
OSLO AFP — Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor said it had sold 4.8 percent of British mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat for 75.1 million pounds (133 million dollars, 109 million euros). The Norwegian company said the sale of 21,894,877 Inmarsat shares at 3.48 pounds a piece would allow it to...
Telenor to buy two Scandinavian cable operators
- 2005-05-23
OSLO AFP — Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor said it had agreed to acquire two Scandinavian cable operators, Sweden's Bredbandsbolaget and Denmark's Cybercity, for a combined 842 million euros (1.06 billion dollars. Bredbandsbolaget, which Telenor is buying for 654 million euros, is Sweden's second-largest broadband operator, with 335,000 subscribers, giving...
Norway sells 9.4 percent of its stake in Telenor
- 2004-03-30
OSLO AFP ? The Norwegian ministry of trade and industry has announced it has sold 170 million shares, or 9.4 percent of its stake, in Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor to investment bank Goldman Sachs. "We have reduced the state's ownership to approximately 53 percent, in line with existing authorization...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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